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...there's one item that would draw unanimous [City] Council hostility, it's the mortgage program," says veteran tenant activist Michael Turk...
Despite the apparent real estate revolution in HRE, Turk says the University's property management company is a long way off from any sort of openness...
...Turk also wonders why HRE never publicized the purchases of six large parcels of land, even after the fact. "If they did announce them upfront, [HRE] might reasonably expect questions to be asked about the purpose of all these acquisitions and the likely conclusions that might be drawn from them--namely, a new phase of University expansion...
...These sales are to the detriment of the community because they deplete the stock of reasonably affordable housing," says Michael H. Turk, an outspoken proponent of Cambridge's system of rent control...
...years ago arose from the fact that Harvard was indirectly dumping low-income tenants out onto the street. "Harvard's only once removed. They sell the property and then the tenants are forced out...and yet Harvard feels they don't have to be held responsible for it," Turk argues...